Carey Mulligan wins Best Actress and Riz Ahmed wins Best Actor at the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards.
Nomadland and Sound of Metal win big, while Netflix's Unorthodox takes two of the ceremony's inaugural television awards.
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Tonight, The Film Independent Spirit Awards were handed out via a virtual ceremony, an unusual departure for the annual gala that typically occurs the night before the Oscars.
The pandemic may have upended the global box office and just about every ceremony — including this one — but in a year without many big-budget offerings, tonight’s winners could, more than in recent years, translate to winners at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
Tonight, Nomadland was the big winner, taking home four trophies, with Sound of Metal right behind it with three wins of its own. Chloé Zhao’s tale about van-dwelling nomads earned three awards for Zhao herself (Best Directing, Best Editing, and Best Feature), while Riz Ahmed’s turn as a metal drummer who loses his hearing and Paul Raci’s supporting work as the counselor who helps him find sobriety and acceptance were two of the three wins for Sound of Metal.
In their inaugural year covering television, the Indie Spirits gave two awards to Unorthodox, the Netflix drama about a woman escaping her Hasidic Jewish community, while Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You won Best New Series and the jury prize of Best Scripted Ensemble.
Read on for the full list of winners at the 2021 Indie Spirit Awards.
FILM
Best Feature
96%
97%
98%
99%
93%
Best Director
98%
90%
99%
96%
93%
Best Screenplay
98%
90%
99%
94%
97%
Best First Feature
97%
99%
99%
90%
97%
Best First Screenplay
93%
95%
99%
95%
93%
Best Male Lead
Best Female Lead
Best Supporting Male
Best Supporting Female
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Best Cinematography
84%
89%
93%
99%
93%
Best International Film
93%
96%
96%
88%
100%
Best Documentary
99%
100%
99%
95%
98%
Best Editing
92%
99%
94%
97%
93%
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500,000)
93%
82%
86%
94%
99%
Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)
98%
Truer Than Fiction Award
92%
100%
96%
Someone to Watch Award
Producers Award
- Lucas Joaquin
- Gerry Kim – WINNER
- Kara Durrett
TELEVISION
Best New Scripted Series
100%
98%
97%
97%
96%
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
95%
90%
94%
92%
100%
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
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Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
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Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
98%
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